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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-6548 json

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-16107

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, contains two backdoor accounts with hardcoded credentials, which may allow control over the database. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user.

Patch / fix

  • ge ge_communicator 4.0.517

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-122-02 updated cvss 8.1

GE Communicator

  • General Electric (GE) Communicator Application < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator Installer < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator MeterManager < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator PostGreSQL < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator WISE Uninstaller < 4.0.517
    affected: mitigation “GE recommends users upgrade to GE Communicator version 4.0.517 or newer, which can be downloaded from the following link:” gegridsolutions.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a GE Communicator

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

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